ToneAdapt · B2C · guitar tone matching app
Pick a problem from your own hobby, then ask others in Reddit and Instagram comments
Many guitarists had the same problem and no real fix existed
Workedvalidationpositioning-niche
What they did
Played guitar almost daily for over a year; noticed he was using ChatGPT to work out guitar tones and it was inaccurate. Asked other guitarists on Reddit and in Instagram comment sections, found many had the same problem and no real solution existed, then built it. Advises picking a hobby you do daily or weekly, where there is no solution, a slow process or inaccurate results.
What happened
Confirmed demand informally; product reached ~$25K/month
- Stage
- Pre-launch (Pre-build)
“I realized I was using ChatGPT at the time to figure out how to get guitar tones, but it wasn't really all that accurate. And I talked to other guitarists on Reddit, on Instagram, mainly in comment sections, and many of them had the exact same problem, but there was no real solution out there.”
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- ToneAdapt: Launch a paid web version in a week, then build the iPhone app lateriOS app made ~$14K with 397 subscribers in its first month
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